AudioBlog: Robert Gribble and the National UFO Reporting Center
b'When the subject of UFO databases comes up, the National UFO Reporting Center is usually mentioned along with the name of its seemingly tireless director, Peter Davenport. What many may not know is who it was that got it started.Washington State MUFON Director Maurene Morgan wrote an\\xa0article\\xa0titled \\u201cThe Early Years of NUFORC \\u2013 Bob Gribble and Wendy Connor,\\u201d which was published in the November 2021\\xa0Washington MUFON Newsletter.\\xa0According to Morgan, Bob Gribble, a Seattle Firefighter, became fascinated by UFOs in 1954 when he read an article in\\xa0True\\xa0magazine. This could have been the\\xa0article\\xa0in the May 1954 issue titled, \\u201cWhat Our Air Force Found Out About UFOs,\\u201d written by Edward J. Ruppelt, the first director of Project Blue Book.\\xa0Read more\\xa0\\u2192'